Dictionary Skills for Kids - Teach Beside Me

[Pages:5]Dictionary Skills

Use this set of worksheets to help kids learn to use the dictionary.

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New Word Log Sheet

Keep a record of new words you come across in your reading. Look them up in the dictionary and then try using them in real life!

New Word Part of Speech Definition

Sentence

I used it

Alphabetizing Words

Write each list of words in alphabetical order. To put words in alphabetical order, start with the first letter of each word. If there is more than one word starting with the same

letter, you move to the second letter of the word and so on.

Always Flag Pencil Potato Ceiling Knight

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Solar Crowded Butterfly Sweater Notebook Kleenex

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Glasses Television Million Eraser Muscles Bookshelf

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Apple Banana Umbrella Chicken Spoon Sunshine

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Tennis Language Interesting Menu Vacation Watermelon

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Total Necklace Calendar Shoes Pajamas Pretend

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Exercise Total Mailbox Puzzle Mustache Journal

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College Costume Piano Flower Smile Lion

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Picture Letters Weather Truck Marker Backpack

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Christmas Scissors Bicycle Jumping Forward Artist

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Learning The Parts of the Dictionary

Choose a page in your dictionary and follow the directions below to learn the different parts of the dictionary and the definitions.

1. On the top corners of the page look for the guide words. Guide words are the first and last words defined on that page. This helps you find words more quickly in the dictionary. Write the guide words you see on your chosen page: _________________________________________________________________

2. Choose a word on the page that is not familiar to you and write that word here: _________________________________________________________________

3. What is the part of speech for your chosen word? They are abbreviations in the dictionary. ________________________________________________________

4. What is the plural form of the word? ____________________________________

5. What is the origin of the word? The origin is the root word that the word comes from. Usually a Latin or Greek word ________________________________________

6. How many different definitions of the word are there? ______________________

7. Write the first definition here: __________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

8. Is there a cross reference to another word or definition? (see also) What is that word? ____________________________________________________________________

9. Are there any synonyms (words with similar meanings) listed for your word? ____________________________________________________________________

10. What words are listed before and after your chosen word? ___________________ _____________________________________________________________________

11. Write your word in a sentence. _________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

Dictionary Scavenger Hunt

1. What is the title of your dictionary________________________________________

2. What is the copyright date of the dictionary? _______________________________

3. Who is the publisher? _________________________________________________

4. How many pages does your dictionary have?_______________________________

5. What is the first word in the dictionary?____________________________________

6. What is the last word in the dictionary? ___________________________________

7. Find a word in the dictionary with four syllables. ____________________________

8. What is the definition of the word dictionary?_______________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

9. What is the definition of the word lexicographer ____________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

10. Find three nouns beginning with the word L ______________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

11. Look up the word cow. What are the guide words at the top of the page?________ _____________________________________________________________________

12. How many words begin with the letter X in the dictionary? ____________________

13. If your first name were in the dictionary, what words would it come between? ______________________________________________________________________

14. What is the longest word you can find in the dictionary? ______________________ ______________________________________________________________________

15. How many definitions are there for the word group? _________________________

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